<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Red-breasted Flycatcher has a large and stable global population widespread through much of the Western Palearctic. Contrarily, however, it is a very scarce breeding bird in the forested montane habitats of Hungary. The few pairs breeding here represent a peripheral population on the very edge of the species’ geographic area. This peripheral population declined considerably (from 3–500 to 100 pairs) during the past decades likely due to the degradation of suitable habitat patches including the loss of appropriate nesting sites. To reverse this trend, we applied a new type of artificial nestbox developed specifically for this species. Occupancy rate was very low and breeding success was also low unless applying a protective wire mesh to reduce predation pressure.</p></abstract>

The Red-breasted Flycatcher has a large and stable global population widespread through much of the Western Palearctic. Contrarily, however, it is a very scarce breeding bird in the forested montane habitats of Hungary. The few pairs breeding here represent a peripheral population on the very edge of the species’ geographic area. This peripheral population declined considerably (from 3–500 to 100 pairs) during the past decades likely due to the degradation of suitable habitat patches including the loss of appropriate nesting sites. To reverse this trend, we applied a new type of artificial nestbox developed specifically for this species. Occupancy rate was very low and breeding success was also low unless applying a protective wire mesh to reduce predation pressure.

Attempts to increase a scarce peripheral population of the Red-breasted Flycatcher <italic>(Ficedula parva)</italic> using a new type of nestbox

Duna-Dráva National Park Directorate, 7625 Pécs, Tettye tér 9.,

Ornis Hungarica

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Attempts to increase a scarce peripheral population of the Red-breasted Flycatcher  using a new type of nestbox

The Red-breasted Flycatcher has a large and stable global population widespread through much of the Western Palearctic. Contrarily, however, it is a very...

Attempts to increase a scarce peripheral population of the Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) using a new type of nestbox

Published Online: Jan 25, 2017

Page range: 84 - 90

Received: Aug 14, 2016

Accepted: Dec 10, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0017

Keywords
Red-breasted Flycatcher, nestbox, breeding success

© 2016 Tamás Deme, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Attempts to increase a scarce peripheral population of the Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) using a new type of nestbox

Published Online: Jan 25, 2017

Page range: 84 - 90

Received: Aug 14, 2016

Accepted: Dec 10, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0017

KeywordsRed-breasted Flycatcher, nestbox, breeding success

© 2016 Tamás Deme, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Red-breasted Flycatcher, nestbox, breeding success